3ND ANNUAL PARTY AT FOOTHILLS As Prelude To Moms’ Day, Daughters Treated To Tea Desiree Wheeler and Fate Goodrich, top photo, share a cup of tea this morning at the third annual Mother Daughter Tea Party in Foothills’ Atrium, leading up to next weekend’s celebration of Mother’s Day. A novelty this year was, inset photo, a string quartet consisting of the Higgins sisters of Otego; from left are Keely, Patricia, Anna and Siobhan. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTEGO.com)…
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IN MEMORIAM: Nelson A. Wells Sr., 93; WWII Vet Retired From City Government ONEONTA – Nelson Alfred Wells Sr., 93, a World War II veteran who then settled in Oneonta, went home to be with his Lord April 29, 2019, at Fox Nursing Home. He was born in North Clymer, in Chataqua County, the son of the late Anna (Ingram) and Alfred T. Wells. He married Lena Belle Martin on Aug. 29, 1943 and had a blessed marriage of 73…
JOSEPH YELICH RETIRES JULY 1 Injury Breaking Up Water Street Brawl Led To New Career Hard Work, Hartwick Teaching Degree Set Brindley On Road To Superintendent By LIBBY CUDMORE • AllOTSEGO.com Exclusive ONEONTA – Could Thomas Brindley, who will become the new superintendent of Oneonta City Schools on July 1 when Joseph Yelich retires, have been a police chief by now? “I was an Oneonta police officer for seven years,” the assistant superintendent and former Oneonta High School principal said in…
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Brindley Succeeds Yelich In Top Post At Oneonta Schools New Superintendent Former Policeman, 1st To Rise From Teacher To Front Office ONEONTA – The Oneonta City school board has accepted the retirement of Joseph Yelich as superintendent and appointed his assistant superintendent, Thomas Brindley, to succeed him, effective July 1. Yelich has served as superintendent since July 1, 2013, after serving as superintendent of the Waverly School District and executive principal in the Jamestown School District. Before his current post,…
OTSEGO CHAMBER GALA 200 Pack Atrium, Praising Pathfinder Village, Grummons…
2 SUNY Oneonta Alumni To Speak At Graduations Experts In Climate Change, Refugees; Also, 8 Professors, 4 Students Honored ONEONTA – In a new approach this year, two alumni, one an advocate for refugees, the other, a climate-change researcher, will be SUNY Oneonta’s commencement speakers at three ceremonies Saturday, May 11, in the Dewar Arena. • Crystal L. Williams, ’77, is a lawyer focused on helping refugees and asylum seekers, litigating employment-based immigration law cases, and helping to shape federal…
Energy Task Force Offers Public Workshop, Preps Energy Studies By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – While the big tasks are still ahead for the Otsego County Energy Task Force, Barbara Ann Heegan, Otsego County Chamber president and chair of the Economic Development sub-group of the county’s Energy Task Force, is making sure that small businesses and the public can learn what they can do on the local level. “We will be hosting a talk on ‘Understanding Energy…
from PAUL AGOGLIA If Path To Renewables Wrong, So What? No Harm Is Done To the Editor: Mr. Downey and Mr. Zagata, apparent experts in fracked gas, and I (pro renewable) will not be here in 50 years to say to one another, “I told you so”. Therefore it makes sense for us to ensure there is a future that includes four changes of season per year for posterity and for wildlife in Otsego County. While both Downey and Zagata…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 2-3, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE L.A. Angels Exec New Hall Of Fame President Benefactress Will Match Your SSPCA Donation RSS Record Rocky, Sixth Ward Neighbors Say Oneonta’s First UM Ramping Up Vs. Gay Ban Who-Dunnit Novelist’s House Endangered EDITORIAL D’oh, Homer Simpson, You Got Upstate Wrong COLUMNS SEWARD: State Has 3rd Most Lyme Disease KUZMINSKI: Do The Numbers On Yang’s UBI MORGAN: Punishing The Present For The…